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FTO en · NOUN

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1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of field training officer.
   alt of field training officer
2. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of foreign terrorist organisation.
   alt of foreign terrorist organisation
   • At the same time, we will continue to find and remove the cartel and gang members who were let into our country under the Biden Administration while using FTO designations to strangle the commercial and logistical sinews of their organizations. […] Given the Muslim Brotherhood’s key role in promoting modern terrorism, we will continue to designate its branches across the Middle East and beyond as FTOs to crush the organization everywhere it operates. 2026 May 14, “United States Counterterrorism Strategy”, in whitehouse.gov, archived from the original on 08 May 2026, pages 6, 12:
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of freedom to operate.
   alt of freedom to operate

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